Pending editorial review. Names come from GBIF/POWO; growing details are a draft our editors are still verifying.

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(c) Ravuri Krishna Chaitanya, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Ravuri Krishna Chaitanya via iNaturalist · CC-BY · source

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Nymphaea nouchali Burm.fil.

Day Waterlily · Nymphaeaceae

Also known as Nymphaea cyanea. Common names: Cape blue waterlily, Cape water lily, Red and blue waterlily.

NymphaeaceaePerennial

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About Day Waterlily

Nymphaea nouchali, often known by its synonym Nymphaea stellata, or by common names blue lotus, star lotus, red water lily, dwarf aquarium lily, blue water lily, blue star water lily or manel flower, is a water lily of genus Nymphaea. It is native to southern and eastern parts of Asia, and is the national flower of Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. In Sanskrit, it is utpala. This species is usually considered to include the blue Egyptian lotus

Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Growing & care

Growing guide coming soon. Our editors haven't written verified care details for this plant yet. Native range and classification are shown below.

Native range	Afghanistan, Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Botswana, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Provinces, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Comoros, Congo, DR Congo, Egypt, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Free State, Hainan, India, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Queensland, Rwanda, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan-South Sudan, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Toxicity	Pets: Not documented · People: Not documented

Native range

Afghanistan, Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Botswana, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Provinces, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Comoros, Congo, DR Congo, Egypt, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Free State, Hainan, India, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Queensland, Rwanda, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan-South Sudan, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Toxicity

Pets: Not documented · People: Not documented

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